The avgarkt.sys file is the process called AVG Anti-Rootkit Driver that belongs to the application AVG Anti-Rootkit authored by GRISOFT, s.r.o. [now known as AVG Technologies]. This process file is a driver for Windows. A driver serves as a small program that enables communication between the computer and the hardware or connected device. It can access internals of hardware, operating systems, etc. directly. The path for the avgarkt.sys file is C:\Windows\System32\drivers. The size is 5,632 bytes on Windows XP or 7 systems. There is no visible window for this program. The process file is a non-system file for Windows. It may be a compressed file. The avgarkt.sys file is not digitally signed. Automatic startup locations for this process include installed drivers. AVG Anti-Rootkit offers free anti-Rootki program. It has been discontinued since late 2006. It has merged with AVG Anti-Virus.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. avgarkt.sys. is used by AVG Anti-Rootkit, If you shut down avgarkt.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop avgarkt.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is AVG Anti-Rootkit, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed avgarkt.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as AVG Anti-Rootkit, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if avgarkt.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that avgarkt.sys, belongs to, in this case AVG Anti-Rootkit